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Time II

Jari Mäenpää is man who likes to take his sweet time. WINTERSUN's music absolutely demand it, of course. Records as detailed and dense as the Finnish entity's hallowed eponymous debut and its eventual follow-up (and this new album's conceptual forebear) "Time I" (2012) cannot be simply dashed off in...

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The Underworld Awaits Us All

Every time NILE release an album, it feels like something monumental is taking place. More than 30 years after first forming, and 26 years since the release of their debut album, Karl Sanders's crew are one of the biggest and most revered bands in death metal. From early classics like "Black Seeds O...

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NILE Shares New Song 'Under The Curse Of The One God' From Upcoming 'The Underworld Awaits Us All' Album

American death metal icons NILE will finally drop their highly anticipated tenth album, "The Underworld Awaits Us All", this Friday, August 23 via Napalm Records. In celebration of this week's album release, the band has unleashed their third single – pinnacle burner "Under The Curse Of The One God"...

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LAMB OF GOD's RANDY BLYTHE On His Upcoming 'Just Beyond The Light' Book: 'There's A Whole Chapter About' My Grandmother

In a new interview with Radioactive MikeZ, host of the 96.7 KCAL-FM program "Wired In The Empire",LAMB OF GOD frontman D. Randall "Randy" Blythe spoke about his second book, "Just Beyond The Light: Living With The War Inside My Head", which is due on February 18, 2025 via Hachette Books. It will be...

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BEHEMOTH Announces April 2025 'The Unholy Trinity' European Tour With SATYRICON And ROTTING CHRIST

Poland's black metal titans BEHEMOTH announce the extreme metal event of 2025, featuring legendary Norwegian black metal pioneers SATYRICON as special guest. From the ancient lands of Greece, the ever-epic ROTTING CHRIST completes "The Unholy Trinity". The tour kicks off on April 4, 2025, in Vienna,...

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UNDEATH Announces New Album, 'More Insane'

Rochester, New York's UNDEATH will release its third album, "More Insane", on October 4 via Prosthetic Records. The music video for the LP's lead single, "Brandish The Blade", which was directed and edited by Errick Easterday, can be seen below. UNDEATH comments: "'More Insane' is the biggest, badde...

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Wormwitch

A persistent, maverick menace amid a crowded black metal marketplace, WORMWITCH have been one of the most convincingly grim and violent bands of the last decade. All three of the Canadian band's albums to date ("Strike Mortal Soil", "Heaven that Dwells Within" and "Wolf Hex") deserved more attention...

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Metal Gods

Formed with the sole intention of celebrating the magic of '80s metal, DREAM EVIL have always been an easy band to get along with. From early albums like their 2002 debut "Dragonslayer" and the all-conquering "The Book Of Heavy Metal" (2004),&nbsp to later efforts like the brilliant "In The Night" (...

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1349 To Release 'The Wolf And The King' Album In October

Norwegian black metallers 1349 will release their eighth full-length album, "The Wolf And The King", on October 4, 2024 via Season Of Mist. In celebration of the announcement, the band is now unleashing the furious new single "Shadow Point" along with a haunting performance video. The clip was direc...

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Will WHITESNAKE Ever Resume Its Farewell Tour? Bassist TANYA O'CALLAGHAN Weighs In

In a new interview with Finland's Chaoszine, WHITESNAKE and Bruce Dickinson bassist Tanya O'Callaghan was asked if the David Coverdale-fronted outfit will ever resume its farewell tour, nearly two years after WHITESNAKE pulled out of its previously announced North American run with the SCORPIONS due...

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WINTERSUN Reveals 'Time II' Album Details

12 years following WINTERSUN's "Time I", the Finnish heavy metal quartet led by Jari Mäenpää has announced its new album, "Time II". "Time II" will be released on August 30 via Nuclear Blast Records. Mäenpää comments: "'Time II' is an epic journey from light to darkness and back to light, exploring...

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Texas's THE SWORD To Reunite For Performance At LEVITATION Festival

Texan heavy rockers THE SWORD, who called it quits less than two years ago, will reunite for an appearance at the 2024 edition of the Levitation festival, set to take place at several Austin venues from October 31 to November 3. Fans can buy tickets to 30 individual shows as part of the event, or go...

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Manual Manic Procedures

Five years into their fetid existence, 200 STAB WOUNDS are one of the most unremittingly horrible bands in death metal. The US scene has produced a startling number of nuclear-grade newcomers over the last few years, from every conceivable deathly subgenre, but when it comes to the art of shit-spray...